MOHAMMAD SHAKER
COMMUNICATION

Public Speaking

Practical tools for making ideas clear, memorable, and persuasive

CURRICULUM

A beginner-friendly course in public speaking: how to open with a useful promise, guide attention, choose the right visual tools, rehearse with honest audiences, make ideas memorable, and finish with strength.

  1. 01How to SpeakSource lecture and video: [MIT OpenCourseWare — How to Speak](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/res-tll-005-how-to-speak-january-iap-2018/pages/how-to-speak/) • Full transcript: [MIT OpenCourseWare — How to Speak by Patrick Winston (PDF)](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-371-innovation-teams-fall-2024/Unzc731iCUY_transcript.pdf)Published 24 Jul 202613 sections
  2. 02Cicero’s Five CanonsClassical sources: [Cicero, *De Inventione*](https://atlas.perseus.tufts.edu/library/urn%3Acts%3AlatinLit%3Aphi0474.phi036/) and [*Partitiones Oratoriae*](https://catalog.perseus.tufts.edu/catalog/urn%3Acts%3AlatinLit%3Aphi0474.phi038.opp-lat1) • Modern selection: [*How to Win an Argument*, Cicero passages selected and translated by James M. May](https://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/p10830.pdf)Published 24 Jul 20268 sections
  3. 03Arrange a Live SpeechClassical sources: [Cicero, *De Inventione*](https://atlas.perseus.tufts.edu/library/urn%3Acts%3AlatinLit%3Aphi0474.phi036/) and [*Partitiones Oratoriae*](https://catalog.perseus.tufts.edu/catalog/urn%3Acts%3AlatinLit%3Aphi0474.phi038.opp-lat1) • Modern selection: [*How to Win an Argument*, Cicero passages selected and translated by James M. May](https://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/p10830.pdf)Published 24 Jul 20269 sections
  4. 04Style, Memory, and DeliveryClassical source: [Cicero, *Partitiones Oratoriae*](https://catalog.perseus.tufts.edu/catalog/urn%3Acts%3AlatinLit%3Aphi0474.phi038.opp-lat1) • Historical reference: [Smith’s Cicero biography and catalog entry](https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dcicero-bio-7&force=y) • Modern selection: [*How to Win an Argument*, Cicero passages selected and translated by James M. May](https://assets.press.princeton.edu/chapters/p10830.pdf)Published 24 Jul 20269 sections